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In summer, the back is grayer, the 

 pale tips on the wing coverts almost 

 disappear, and there is less yellow on 

 the under parts. 



Distribution. — North-eastern Eu- 

 rope, across Asia to Alaska, Malay 

 Archipelago, Japan, and China 

 generally. Migrant in the Yangtse 

 Valley, more abundant in spring. 



PALE-LEGGED WILLOW 

 WAEBLER. 



acanthopneuste tenellipes 

 (swinhoe). 



Description. — Length five inches. 

 Bill dusky brown, pale at the base 

 of lower mandible. Tarsus pale. Iris 

 brown. 



Above olive brown, washed yellow, 

 deepest on the rump. Wings brown, 

 olive. Two yellowish wing bars, edged 

 yellowish the upper one indistinct. A 

 narrow yellowish eye-streak. Lower 

 plumage buffy white, deeper on the 

 flanks and vent. 



Distribution. — China, Japan, Ma- 

 laysia, and India. Breeds in the 

 north, passing the Yangtse Valley on 

 migration. 



Family, Regulidae, The Kinglets. 



The Kinglets are a small family of 

 dainty little birds, with the soft, lax 

 plumage of the Tits. They have a short, 

 straight, slender, slightly notched bill ; 

 oval nostrils, which are covered by a 

 single peculiarly shaped feather, or a 

 tuft of feathers ; and sparse rictal 

 bristles. The wings are rounded, and 

 longer than the emarginate tail. 



